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Haze: Two flights cancelled at Ipoh airport
IPOH: Two of the five flights scheduled at the Sultan Azlan Shah Airport (LTSAS) today were cancelled due to the haze. LTSAS manager Mohd Ali Osman said the cancellations involved AirAsia flight movements for the Johor Bahru-Ipoh-Singapore and Singapore-Ipoh-Johor Bahru
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Former MACC chief Ahmad Said dies
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan, 67, died last night at his daughter’s house in Rawang. MACC deputy chief commissioner (prevention), Datuk Shamsun Baharin Mohd Jamil said funeral rites will be performed
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Pompeo: We don’t want war with Iran, just don’t test our patience
The United States aims to avoid war with Iran and the additional troops ordered to be deployed in the Gulf region are for “deterrence and defence,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday. Speaking to Fox News, Pompeo added
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Israel’s Arab party support Gantz for premiership
JERUSALEM: Israel’s Arab-dominated Joint List party moved yesterday to back the centre-left bloc of Benny Gantz, who is challenging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing alliance, to form a new government. With final results all but in, neither Gantz nor Netanyahu
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Haze: Schools in Kuala Lumpur to reopen today
All 296 schools in Kuala Lumpur closed last Thursday and Friday due to the haze situation will resume classes today, Federal Territory Education Department director Maznah Abu Bakar said. In a statement, she said the Air Pollutant Index (API) at
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Cuepacs: Please give civil servants one-month bonus
The Congress of the Union of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) expressed hope that the upcoming Budget 2020 will include a one-month bonus, at the minimum, for civil servants in the country. Referring to 2020 as a
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CIMB joins 130 banks worldwide on responsible banking
CIMB Group Holdings Bhd today became one of the Founding Signatories of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative UNEP-FI Principles for Responsible Banking. According to one of the largest banking group in Asean, the initiative demonstrated CIMB’s strong commitment
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Haze: Johan Setia API reading ‘very unhealthy’
Johan Setia Klang has the worst air quality in Malaysia this morning, although most of the stations in the Peninsula have unhealthy Air Pollutant Index (API) readings. According to the Department of Environment’s (DOE) API readings, Johan Setia Klang registered
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Boy drowns at Kuala Ibai Lagoon
KUALA TERENGGANU: A seven-year-old drowned at the Kuala Ibai Lagoon, yesterday. The body of Abdul Rahman Mohd Amran was recovered at 6.33pm by the Fire and Rescue Department divers at the bottom of the lagoon, 20 metres from the location
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Nestle Malaysia to introduce paper straws for packaged drinks
KUALA LUMPUR: Nestlé (Malaysia) Bhd will roll out paper straws for its Milo UHT 125 ml drink packs in the fourth quarter of this year, which will avoid the usage of 40 million plastic straws per year and make it
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